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References
Italics or Quotes? Check here to find out! Indicating Titles.doc

Writing Dialogue? Click for proper punctuation. Dialogue for Handbook.doc

Need Homophone Help? Look here for some common confusions: Homophones.doc

Propaganda Techniques Propaganda Techniques Chart.doc

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Check Your Work!

• Text to Speech Translator http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/

• Spellchecker (grammar and thesaurus too!) http://www.spellchecker.net/spellcheck/

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Catastrophic Events Research Resources

• Forces of Nature: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/

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Radio Ads

Samples

Babble on Recording Studios

Overnight Radio Inc.

Radio Advertising Genius

Sioux Falls Radio Advertising


Types of Commercials


The Six Types of Radio Commercials


Helpful Information

5 Tips to Make Your Radio Ads Grab Attention and Sell

Everything You Never Want to Hear in a Radio Ad

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Podcast Tutorials

• http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Creating_a_simple_voice_and_music_Podcast_with_Audacity (text only)
• http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audacity-tutorial.htm (with video)

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Argumentative Essay Topics

1. Should school districts extend students’ school days?


http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3755837
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/what-new-research-on-extended-school-day-says/2012/04/18/gIQAnmV3RT_blog.html
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/can-longer-school-days-close-the-achievement-gap/
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/time-learn-benefits-longer-school-day
http://education.seattlepi.com/reasons-not-extending-school-day-1559.html

2. Should the U.S. Mint stop producing the penny?

http://www.moneycrashers.com/get-rid-penny-reasons/
http://moneytips.areavoices.com/2016/02/13/pros-and-cons-of-abolishing-the-penny/
http://www.pennies.org/
http://www.forbes.com/2002/07/05/0705penny.html
3. Should cities ban the use of plastic bags?


http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/a-pro-and-con-look-at-the-plastic-shopping-bag/article_f831ffbe-8bac-11e2-a7c9-0019bb2963f4.html
http://www.cityofevanston.org/assets/Summary%20of%20Pro%20and%20Con%20for%20Shopping%20Bag%20Regulation.pdf
http://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/interesting-facts-about-plastic-bags
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/09/0902_030902_plasticbags.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1974750.stm

4. Alternate Topic – requires teacher approval